Kalu Uche wins Turkish league award

Kasimpasa goal machine Kalu Uche has been named the Super Lig’s gentleman footballer of the just concluded 2012/13 season in Turkey.

The 30-year old forward who joined the Istanbul club form Espanyol last summer was voted the league’s gentleman footballer for bagging 34 league matches without being cautioned for any offense.

Uche starred in all of Kasimpasa’s 34 league games, netting 19 times to place second on the Super Lig top scorers chart behind league winners Galatasaray’s hitman Yilmaz with 24 goals.

His contribution ensured a sixth place finish for Kasimpasa, making him the Kasimpasa’s all time goals scorer from a previous twelve club record.

The Super Eagles forward’s excellent form earned him a spot in the eight-man nominee list for the striker position in the Turkish Super League of the 2012/13 season.

The striker category list is divided into two with four players each, with one striker from each list expected to make the final 11 for the League’s team of the season but he faces competition from the league top scorer Burak Yilmaz of Galatasaray, Bobo – Kayserispor and Theofanis Gekas of Akhisar.